1968–69 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1968–69 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division 5th West
1968–69 record 20–45–11
Goals for 189
Goals against 248
Team information
General Manager Jack Riley
Coach George "Red" Sullivan
Captain Vacant
Alternate captains Lou Angotti
Noel Price
Ken Schinkel
Bob Woytowich
Arena Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Average attendance 6,008
Team leaders
Goals Keith McCreary (25)
Assists Charlie Burns (38)
Points Ken Schinkel (52)
Penalties in minutes Dunc McCallum (81)
Wins Les Binkley, Joe Daley (10)
Goals against average Marv Edwards (3.00)
<1967–68 1969–70>

The 1968–69 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the franchise's second season in the National Hockey League.

Regular season

Final standings

West Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 St. Louis Blues 76 37 25 14 204 157 +47 88
2 Oakland Seals 76 29 36 11 219 251 -32 −32 69
3 Philadelphia Flyers 76 20 35 21 174 225 -51 −51 61
4 Los Angeles Kings 76 24 42 10 185 260 -75 −75 58
5 Pittsburgh Penguins 76 20 45 11 189 252 -63 −63 51
6 Minnesota North Stars 76 18 43 15 189 270 -81 −81 51

Schedule and results

1968–69 Game log[2]
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Tie

Player statistics

Skaters[3]

Regular Season
Player GP G A Pts +/- − PIM
Schinkel, KenKen Schinkel 76 18 34 52 -39 −39 18
Burns, CharlieCharlie Burns 76 13 38 51 -9 −9 22
McCreary, KeithKeith McCreary 70 25 23 48 -23 −23 42
Pronovost, JeanJean Pronovost 76 16 25 41 -4 −4 41
Angotti, LouLou Angotti 71 17 20 37 -21 −21 36
Fonteyne, ValVal Fonteyne 74 12 17 29 -25 −25 2
Boyer, WallyWally Boyer 62 10 19 29 -21 −21 17
Woytowich, BobBob Woytowich 71 9 20 29 -26 −26 62
Ubriaco, GeneGene Ubriaco‡ 49 15 11 26 0 14
Ingarfield, EarlEarl Ingarfield‡ 40 8 15 23 -17 −17 4
Harris, BillyBilly Harris‡ 54 7 13 20 -18 −18 8
Price, NoelNoel Price 73 2 18 20 -30 −30 61
Dea, BillyBilly Dea 66 10 8 18 -32 −32 4
Boivin, LeoLeo Boivin† 41 5 13 18 -6 −6 26
McCallum, DuncDunc McCallum 62 5 13 18 -35 −35 81
Andrea, PaulPaul Andrea 25 7 6 13 -10 −10 2
Rupp, DuaneDuane Rupp† 30 3 10 13 -13 −13 24
Swarbrick, GeorgeGeorge Swarbrick‡ 19 1 6 7 -4 −4 28
Speer, BillBill Speer 34 1 4 5 -16 −16 27
Pratt, TracyTracy Pratt 18 0 5 5 6 34
Snell, RonRon Snell 4 3 1 4 4 6
Watson, BryanBryan Watson† 18 0 4 4 -11 −11 35
Barrie, DougDoug Barrie 8 1 1 2 -2 −2 8
Swain, GarryGarry Swain 9 1 1 2 -1 −1 0
Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour 17 0 2 2 -14 −14 35
Mattiussi, DickDick Mattiussi‡ 12 0 2 2 -2 −2 14
Lagace, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Lagace 17 0 1 1 -8 −8 14
Dillabough, BobBob Dillabough‡ 14 0 0 0 -6 −6 2
Lecaine, BillBill Lecaine 4 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 189 330 519 -383 −383 669

Goaltenders[3]
Regular Season
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SO G A PIM
Binkley, LesLes Binkley 50 2885 10 31 8 158 3.29 0 0 0 0
Daley, JoeJoe Daley 29 1615 10 13 3 87 3.23 2 0 0 2
Edwards, MarvMarv Edwards 1 60 0 1 0 3 3.00 0 0 0 0
Totals 4560 20 45 11 248 3.26 2 0 0 2

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Team. Stats reflect time with the Team only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Team only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1968–69 season:

Trades

May 21, 1968 To Pittsburgh Penguins
John Arbour
Jean Pronovost		 To Boston Bruins
cash
June 11, 1968 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Lou Angotti		 To St. Louis Blues
Ab McDonald
June 12, 1968 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Wally Boyer		 To Montreal Canadiens
Al MacNeil
October, 1968 To Pittsburgh Penguins
future considerations		 To Vancouver Canucks (WHL)
loan of Andy Bathgate
October, 1968 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Doug Barrie		 To Detroit Red Wings
cash
October 1, 1968 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Bob Woytowich		 To Minnesota North Stars
1st round pick in 1972 Draft (traded to Montreal Canadiens—Dave Gardner)
November 24, 1968 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Jean-Guy Lagace		 To Montreal Canadiens
Larry Hillman
November 29, 1968 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Billy Harris		 To Oakland Seals
Bob Dillabough
January 24, 1968 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Duane Rupp		 To Minnesota North Stars
Leo Boivin
January 30, 1968 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Tracy Pratt
George Swarbrick
Bryan Watson		 To Oakland Seals
Earl Ingarfield
Dick Mattiussi
Gene Ubriaco

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player Former team Via
Charlie Burns Oakland Seals Intra-League Draft (1968–06–12)
Larry Hillman Minnesota North Stars waivers (1968–11–22)
Subtractions
Player New team Via

Roster

Source[4]
# Nat Player Pos Hght Wght S/G Age Birthplace
22 Canada Andrea, PaulPaul Andrea RW 5' 10" 174 L 26–27 North Sydney, Nova Scotia
7 Canada Angotti, LouLou Angotti C 5' 9" 170 R 29–30 Toronto, Ontario
3 Canada Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour D 5' 11" 195 L 22–23 Niagara Falls, Ontario
23 Canada Barrie, DougDoug Barrie D 5' 9" 175 R 21–22 Edmonton, Alberta
30 Canada Binkley, LesLes Binkley G 6' 0" 175 R 33–34 Owen Sound, Ontario
2 Canada Boivin, LeoLeo Boivin D 5' 8" 183 L 35–36 Prescott, Ontario
18 Canada Boyer, WallyWally Boyer C 5' 8" 165 L 30–31 Cowan, Manitoba
9 United States Burns, CharlieCharlie Burns C 5' 11" 170 L 31–32 Detroit, Michigan
1 Canada Daley, JoeJoe Daley G 5' 10" 170 L 24–25 Winnipeg, Manitoba
14 Canada Dea, BillyBilly Dea LW 5' 8" 175 L 34–35 Edmonton, Alberta
15 Canada Dillabough, BobBob Dillabough C 5' 10" 180 L 26–27 Belleville, Ontario
30 Canada Edwards, MarvMarv Edwards G 5' 8" 155 L 32–33 St. Catharines, Ontario
8 Canada Fonteyne, ValVal Fonteyne LW 5' 10" 160 L 34–35 Wetaskiwin, Alberta
15 Canada Harris, BillyBilly Harris C 6' 0" 155 L 32–33 Toronto, Ontario
10 Canada Ingarfield, EarlEarl Ingarfield C 5' 11" 185 L 33–34 Lethbridge, Alberta
23 Canada Lagace, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Lagace D 5' 10" 185 R 22–23 L'Abord-a-Plouffe, Quebec
17 Canada LeCaine, BillBill LeCaine LW 6' 0" 172 R 27–28 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
5 Canada Mattiussi, DickDick Mattiussi D 5' 10" 185 L 29–30 Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario
6 Canada McCallum, DuncDunc McCallum D 6' 1" 193 R 27–28 Flin Flon, Manitoba
21 Canada McCreary, KeithKeith McCreary LW 5' 10" 180 L 27–28 Sundridge, Ontario
11 United States Pratt, TracyTracy Pratt D 6' 2" 195 L 24–25 New York, New York
4 Canada Price, NoelNoel Price D 6' 0" 190 L 32–33 Brockville, Ontario
19 Canada Pronovost, JeanJean Pronovost RW 6' 0" 185 R 22–23 Shawinigan Falls, Quebec
2 Canada Rupp, DuaneDuane Rupp D 6' 1" 195 L 29–30 MacNutt, Saskatchewan
12 Canada Schinkel, KenKen Schinkel RW 5' 10" 172 R 35–36 Jansen, Saskatchewan
16 Canada Snell, RonRon Snell RW 5' 10" 158 R 19–20 Regina, Saskatchewan
17 Canada Speer, BillBill Speer D 5' 11" 205 L 25–26 Lindsay, Ontario
24 Canada Swain, GarryGarry Swain C 5' 8" 164 L 20–21 Welland, Ontario
10 Canada Swarbrick, GeorgeGeorge Swarbrick RW 5' 10" 175 R 25–26 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
11 Canada Ubriaco, GeneGene Ubriaco LW/C 5' 8" 157 L 30–31 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
5 Canada Watson, BryanBryan Watson D 5' 9" 175 R 25–26 Bancroft, Ontario
20 Canada Woytowich, BobBob Woytowich D 6' 0" 185 R 26–27 Winnipeg, Manitoba

Draft picks

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 4 Garry Swain Center  Canada Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
2 14 Ron Snell Right Wing  Canada Regina Pats (WCHL)
3 21 Dave Simpson Defense  Canada

References

  1. ↑ "1968–1969 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ↑ "1968–69 Pittsburgh Penguins Results and Schedule". hockeyDB. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "1968–69 Pittsburgh Penguins Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  4. ↑ "1968–69 Pittsburgh Penguins Roster and Statistics | Hockey-Reference.com". Hockey Reference.

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